Thanks for the link, Jonathan. Hank Williams, a black programmer and tech entrepreneur, had an interesting response to Arrington and the situation--particularly in his discussion of how TechCrunch covered the recent NewMe demo day and the importance that press has in constructing people's expectations and interactions: http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com/2011/10/arrington-race-and-silicon-valley-i... Marie _______________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History of Technology Lewis Department of the Humanities Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL mhicks1@iit.edu www.mariehicks.net On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Coopersmith, Jonathan <j-coopersmith@neo.tamu.edu> wrote:
Of possible interest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/race-debate-over-silico...
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